Comments on: Who would have thought that liberty of spirit is greater in ex Soviet bloc Poland than it is in long-free Malta?

By: Joe Fenech

Joe Fenech — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 11:40:48 +0000

In reply to Joe Fenech. By the way: education and culture remained very strong during the Iron-Curtain period.

By: Jozef

Jozef — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 02:00:19 +0000

From the Gao brothers’ Miss Mao series.

https://thelemonspank.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/gao-brothers-4-565×593.jpg

http://mlartsource.com/images/105.jpg

By: Pb

Pb — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:58:58 +0000

Excellent Daphne, Mintoff could not be described in any better terms than you described him. He was vile and treated even his own supporters with condescension and contempt.

May he burn in hell for eternity. If they run out of firewood, the Chinese might have some alternative fuel handy for him and Chairman Mao.

By: Painter

Painter — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:40:19 +0000

In reply to Bill Millam. Mintoff deserves all the hate he is getting but don't equate him with other socialists because they are not like him.

By: M

Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:38:16 +0000

Some things are better left dead AND buried. Of course they cannot be expected to push up daisies, ‘lanzit’ on the other hand is a different matter.

A few days ago you metioned KMB and even after all these years, for a few seconds, my stomach flipped and I was back there in that office, at the height of the importation licences problem, struggling to breathe.

By: observer

observer — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:24:44 +0000

In reply to Bill Millam.

By the time the lenghty queue waiting for their turn behind you finishes, your ‘nirrah jinharaq’ would be sheer empty words – the blaze would have been extinguished long before.

By: Francis Saliba M.D.

Francis Saliba M.D. — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:17:55 +0000

In reply to Edward. With a little artistic licence someone should be able to combine the Mintoff statue with the Manwel Dimech monument the rolled up document in Dimech's hand being retouched to represent the Malta Constitution, the one Mintoff "kien jigi jit,,,,,k minnha. P.S. I admit the feat would be rather taxing on a nonogenarian male with BPH but let us not be too pedantic.

By: Francis Saliba M.D.

Francis Saliba M.D. — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:09:39 +0000

Since we already have one copy of a Lenin statue in front of Castille could we please have the one proposed next to it to be a copy of this other one from Poland, please, now that the former glorious palm trees no longer risk having their roots poisoned, please!

By: Joe Fenech

Joe Fenech — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:08:38 +0000

Sure, it was part of the Soviet bloc, but bear in mind that most of these countries were previously part of the Austro-Hungarian empire and are full of culture..

By: bob-a-job

bob-a-job — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:05:21 +0000

Farage faces jail threat over £200,000 donations.

So much for Ukip’s transparency.

It’s not Ukip after all. More likely it’s U-Skip.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4117602.ece